Skirt hanger



Oct. 2, 1951 J. AMBRoslNo E-rAL SKIRT HANGER Filed Oct. 22, 1949 mbrasmo Morris Pascale Mm m m m A H ,m J 2 2 Patented Oct. 2, 1,951

UNITED sTATEsPATENT OFFICE SKIRT HANGER John Ambrosino and Morris Pascale, Flushing, N. Y.

Application October 22, 1949, Serial No. 123,012

f This invention relates to skirt hangers of the general scissor type.

In the forms heretofore proposed certain inherent defects have prevented their utilization in manufacturing skirt establishments and in household uses.

This invention has for its object to provide a skirt hanger which is free from the prevalent objections, and to provide a skirt hanger which accommodates itself readily to the various sizes of skirts, without leaving clipper marks, and which so holds the skirts as to remove wrinkles therein, and keep the skirts in pressed form, and which may also be used to support a jacket belonging to the skirt, so that the entire ladies suit may be supported in proper hanging Dosition.

The invention consists of two integral skirt supporting portions, each essentially of -concave shape and each with a contiguous end which is adapted to enter the waist part of the skirt in a manner that one end oi the concave part abuts against the inner part of said waist portion, and that part of said waist portion rests against the lowermost part of said concave portion where the concave portion merges into the end part. This concave curve enables the skirt hanger to adapt itself in a proper skirt hanging position against any size skirt. Combined with this novel skirt engaging portion, are jacket supporting members pivoted to each other and held in spread out position by a spring disposed between said members, said members extending beyond the pivot connection, into hand gripping portions of a special shape enabling easy manipulation, one of the same having a hook to engage a horizontal supporting bar. One of the essential features of the invention is to so relate the concave parts, to the pivoted members, so that at any position of the concave parts, the lower end thereof always supports a skirt, no matter what its size.

The invention will be further described, an embodiment of the same will be shown in the drawings, and the invention will be finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a front view of the improved skirt hanger, in fully expanded position as when in use with a skirt;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the skirt hanger in spring compressed position, for a small sized skirt, yet able to support the skirt;

Figs. 3 and 4 are diagrammatic drawings of Figs. 1 and 2, showing the concave portion forms claims. (o1. 223-) ing a barrier so that the largest and smallest skirts are suspended and held against slipping ofi.

Similar characters of reference indicate the sameparts throughout the various views.

Referring to the drawings, the usual hook I is adapted to be applied toa horizontal support ing bar, as known. The hook I4 has one end continuing into an inwardly bent portion la, and then into a short straight portion 3, which continues into a bend forming an obtuse angle, after which it is connected with a pivot connection 4, and continues in the straight part 'I, to form a jacket support, to a concave part I0, ending in a convex part Illa.

The other member has a convex part 2, and continues to the aforesaid pivot connection 4, and beyond the same, to the jacket hanger part 8, which terminates in the concave part Il, and its contiguous convex part I Ia.

A coiled spring 9 has its free ends pivoted to the hanger, one end pivoted to the arm 'I at 5, and the other end' pivoted to the arm 8, at 6, a convolution 9a being centrally disposed to the legs 5a and 6a of said spring 9. The spring 9 has an inherent tension to move the arms 1 and 8 to spread out position while they move on the pivot connection 4. The spring 9 is shown in compressed condition in Fig. 2, and in,A almost entirely extended position in Fig. 1.

The important feature of the described structure is in the depending concave parts I0 and I I, which are substantially perpendicular when the hanger is in use.

As shown in Fig. 1, the ladies skirt I5 has a waistband hem I6, which is usually slightly conical, flaring downwardly, and the function of the concave part is to have the lower end abut against the inside of the waistband end of the skirt Vat its lowermost portion, so that the tapering part of the waistband rests on the concave Dart of the hanger contiguous to the convex part. By this special shape, the concave part properly engages the skirt and hangs it in proper position, so that distortion of the skirt is avoided, and by such proper hanging wrinkles may be removed, keeping the skirt in pressed form, by the weight of the skirt.

The hanger as shown in Fig. 2 may readily be inserted into a skirt top opening, and allowed to expand until the waistband of the skirt is engaged and pressed outwardly at its diametrically opposite parts.

The concave portions engage the waistband part of the skirt and the latter hugs a portion of the concave above its barrier end.

It is important that the concave part is so dis- A The diagrammatic drawings in Figs. 3 and 4,

show parallel verticals 20 and 2l, the vertical 20 being tangent to the body of the concave part' I0' and the parallel vertical 2| passing through the lowermost end of the concave. partv III.V The lowermost end of the concave curve 22 always extends horizontally a sufficient arnount to act as a barrier impeding the slipping ofi of the skirt inadownward vertical direction. Thus, the lower end 22 ofthe concave part l0 always acts as a seat for askirt. This relatively small barrier portion hasthe advantage that a skirt may be lreadily slipped'ofi, which is ,an important factor inv merchandizing, and, of course, may be as readily-sus,-

pendedrby the mere bringing together of the hand grip portions l and- 2, compressing the'spring for entrance 'of the hanger to the skirt.

The gripping portions 2 and 3 are so arranged that they may be easily manipulated, while the hanger is suspended by its hook I, preparatory to application to a` skirt. Or, when it is desiredl to` remove a skirt, while the hanger is supported by` theho'ok, the jacket remaining inposition on the hanger, the gripping portions 2 andV 3 may be pressed against each other to remove the hanger from the-skirt. Also, it is usual to receive skirts from a skirt manufacturer anda jacket from a jacket manufacturer, and thus this hanger serves to hold onel orthe other until the suit is. com'- pletely supported by the improved hanger, the compactly arranged gripping portions 2 and 3 facilitating this assembly.

vWe wish it to be understoodthat we donot desire: to be'limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, for `obvious modications. will occur-to a person skilled in the art.`

We claim-z,

1. In a skirt hanger, having hanger members, joined by a pivot connection, means for moving said members, one of said members having'a supporting hook, and a spring for holding said members in normally distant position to the extent of its spring action, the combination of vertically depending members, one integral with each hanger member, and eachrhaving an inwardly extending convex portion presenting an outward concave portion for the reception of a skirt at its waistband portion, each of said concave portions at its horizontally deepest part being tangent to a vertical plane and the lowermost end of each of said concave portions being in a second Vertical plane parallel with and spaced outwardly of said rst vertical plane tangent to theV deepest part, said lowermost end providing a barrier against the vertical descent of the skirt waistband portion to hold the waistband portion on said concave portion, whereby said waistband portion is suspended with the waistband inl its normal position.

2. The structure of claim 1, in which the hanger members are downwardly inclined diverging away from ther pivot connection to form a triangularV shaped hanger for jackets.

3, The structure of claim above the pivot connection extend away from Aeach and then in vertical parallelism, one being shorter than the other, with said hook on the:

longer one, and adapted to be moved towards each other to a downwardly divergentV inclined positionV in proximity to each other, whereby, the

hanger members are brought to proximate pos'iwA tion against the action of the spring.

JOHN AMBROSINO.A MORRIS PASCALE.`

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of thisD patent:

, UNITED STATES PATENTSi 1, in which the parts 

